Pad for use in the permanent waving of hair



April 7, 1931- H. SPEETJENS 1,800,111

PAD FOR USE IN THE PERMANENT WAVTNG OF HAIR Filed July 22, 1929 Patented Apr. 7, 1931 UNITED STATES HUBERT SPEETJ ENS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND PAD FOR USE IN THE PERMANENT WAVING OF HAIR Application filed July 22, 1929, Serial No. 380,095, and in Great Britain February 4, 1929.

This invention for an improved pad for use in the permanent waving of hair relates to the pads or sheath-like wrappers which are applied to the hair after the hair has been wound on a curler and previous to its insertion in a tubular heating element, the object of such pads or wrappers being to act as a vehicle through which oil and/or other vapours or steam are applied to the hair 1 during the curling operation.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved pad or sheath-like wrapper which can be easily rolled into a tubular form, quickly applied after the manner of a sheath over the hair-wound curler, and instantaneously secured in position.

With the above objects in view the inven tion consists of a backing sheet of fibre hard ened paper, card, or similar material, a lining of flannelette or similar fabric attached to the backing and forming therewith a composite pad or wrapper capable of being rolled into a tubular or sheath form with the backing outside and the fiannelette or the like inside, and means for retaining the pad in the tubular or sheath form and pressing it into close contact with the hair wound on the curler.

In some cases a sheet of oil impregnated paper may be inserted between the stiff backing and the fiannelette or similar lining and if desired an outer covering or overall of thin transparent material such as cellophane may be placed over the rolled pad previous to the application thereover of the heating element.

In a practical form of the invention the backing is made of sheet fibre or stout paper hardened by chemical treatment or impregnation in known manner but sufliciently flexible to roll without cracking and the flannelette lining or pad proper is clamped to the longitudinal edges of the backing by U- shaped metal strips. The composite pad so formed is slightly narrower at one end than the other so that when rolled into tube form the tube is slightly tapering. For retaining the pad in the rolled up condition or tube form a ring of metal or other material is at- 50 tached to one edge of the pad by means of an elongated wire loop which is secured under one of the U-shaped clamping strips aforesaid, and permits of the ring being slid along thetube. The tube being slightly tapered as described is pressed into close contact with the hair on the curler by the action of sliding the ring along it from the narrow end in the direction of thewider end as will be understood. I a y It will be seen that owingto the method of attaching the lining to the backing, a sheet of paper suitably impregnated may be easily inserted between the flannelette lining and the backin g.

In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 is a plan of a pad or wrapper for use in hair waving, constructed according to this invention,

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the pad or wrap per in the rolled up condition.

As shown in the drawings the backing a consists of a slightly tapering sheet, Fig. 1, capable of being rolled up to form a taper tube or sheath as shown in Fig. 2. The flanneletteor similar absorbent lining b is attached at its two longer edges to the backing a by elongated metal strips 0 which are U-shape in cross section and are secured by pressure. A retaining wire (Z forthe ring 6 is clamped by its ends in one of strips 0 and when the pad is rolled into tubular form as shown in Fig. 2, the ring can be passed over the narrow end of the tube and slid along to retain the tube in that form and contract it around the hair on the curler.

Before application to the hair-wound curler the absorbent lining b of the pad may be moistened with the curling solution by dipping one end of the tube in the solution, after which it is passed over the curler until the wider end of the tube is close up to the roots of the hair.

In some curling or permanent waving processes where oil vapour is used a sheet of oil impregnated paper may be slid in between the lining b and backing a. By this means the measure of oil calculated to form the exact quantity of vapour required for the curl can be predetermined as the paper will not carry an excess of oil and the operator therefore cannot go wrong. It will be understood however, that the use of the improved pad or wrapper is not confined to any particular hair waving process but can be employed with advantage in most permanent Waving processes.

I claim l. A hair waving pad comprising a flexible sheet adapted to be rolled intotubular form, and a ring adapted toslidably surround the rolled sheet to. hold it in tubular form around the hair.

2. A structure as specified in claim ]l; t0- gether with means connecting the ring with the sheet.

3. A structure as: specifiedin claim 1; said sheet being of greater width at one end than at its other end whereby the tube formed from the sheet will be tapered, allowing said ring to exert a contracting force on the tube when slid along the same.

4.. A structure as. specified in claim 1; said sheet being composed of a backing and a pad lying against. said backing, and channelshaped metal strips receiving the longitudinal edges of said backing and pad and clamping them together.

5. A structure as specified in claim 1; said "sheet-being composed of a backing and a pad lying against said backing, and channelshaped metal strips receiving the longitudinal edges of said backing and pad and clamping them together; and an elongated wire loope'xtending longitudinally of one of said strips and having its ends held in the bight portion of the latter, said ring being slidably engaged with said loop.

6'. A hair waving pad comprising a flexible sheet adapted to. be rolled into tubular form, a loop extending longitudinally of one edge. of said sheet and connected with the latter, and. a ring slidably engaged with said loop and adapted toslide onto the rolled sheet tohold: it in tubular form around the e hair.

In testimony whereof he has aflixed' signature. I

- HUBERT SPEETJENS. 

